Re: [ga] New TLD White Paper released

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

John and all former DNSO GA members,

  Until RFC 1591 was modified not too long ago, I could not agree with
you take on the John.

John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D. wrote:

> >
> > Karl, try to answer this for me.  Is it in the best interests of the
> > economy to undermine entrepreneurial efforts by simply taking the unique
> > product of small businesses and organizations by fiat?
>
> What is it that is proposed to be "taken" here?  If the DoC root does not
> have an entry for .foo, then putting .foo in the DoC root does not "take"
> anything from anyone.  Nobody is compelled to use the DoC root if they do not
> want to use it, and nobody is prevented from operating another root system.
> If you want to run your own root, then run your own root.  The day after a
> collider is put into the ICANN root, you can still run your own root, and
> users can decide which one they want to use.  What gives you the right to
> force others to use yours?  Nobody is forcing anybody to use ICANN's.
>
> > Please tell me
> > what incentive there might be for small businesses to start up if
> > somewhere down the road the government will elect to just destroy them at
> > will, with no recourse.
>
> What rule is there that says the government cannot open a refreshment stand
> inside a national park, even if there are food vendors situated nearby
> outside the park?  More accurately, if I sell hot dogs outside of the
> entrance to Yellowstone, then what principle gives me first dibs on any hot
> dog concession that the government might decide to run inside Yellowstone?
> Why would the government owe me that?
>
> Now, experience in selling hot dogs might be a good consideration in deciding
> who gets to sell hot dogs in the park, but I can't see how having operated a
> private business with private resources somehow confers a right to be
> enshrined in a government-controlled environment.
>
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